Why am I getting both CR2 and JPEG files, and how do I turn that off?
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I'm using Canon Digital Photo Professional 3.15 and suddenly each shot appears as both a CR2 file and a JPEG. I may have changed a setting by accident. Is this controlled in DPP or on the camera, and how can I stop seeing or recording both file types?
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The CR2 file is the camera "raw" sensor data. It is not created by DPP but by the camera, and DPP merely imports it. On my two Canon cameras, this is controlled in the "Image Quality" settings (1st choice of the first menu). You can have the camera produce RAW (several types), or JPEG (L, M, S...) or both. You can disable RAW by using the - setting.
Keeping the camera sensor data allows one to perform advanced post-processing of the image data, instead of relying on the camera JPEG creation settings.
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CR2+JPEG is usually set by the camera, not created by DPP. The CR2 is the RAW file from the camera sensor, and the JPEG is an in-camera processed version. Check your camera’s Image Quality setting and switch it from RAW+JPEG to either RAW only or JPEG only, depending on what you want.
In DPP, you may also have changed only how the files are displayed. There’s a RAW/JPEG grouping button in the thumbnail view; when enabled it groups matching RAW+JPEG files into one preview (often shown as “R+J”). You can also use DPP’s filter option to show only one file type.
So, if you want to stop recording both files, change the camera’s image quality setting. If you only want to stop seeing duplicates in DPP, re-enable RAW/JPEG grouping or filter the view.
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